Has Twitter ended this man’s political career?

Update: Labour candidate sacked after a series of foul-mouthed tweets.

It looks like a Labour candidate has committed political harakiri on Twitter. Stuart MacLennan, the PPC for Moray, posted a series of offensive tweets on the site and the Tories and the SNP are calling for his head.

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